Sixteen municipalities involved in the Towards Carbon-Neutral Municipalities (Canemu, HINKU in Finnish) project reduced their…
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Using nature as a model for low-friction bearings
The mechanical properties of natural joints are considered unrivalled. Cartilage is coated with a special…
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Magnetar formation mystery solved? Supernova explosions and dizzying spins in a binary system
Magnetars are the bizarre super-dense remnants of supernova explosions. They are the strongest magnets known…
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Strongly interacting electrons in wacky oxide synchronize to compute like the brain
A new type of computing architecture that stores information in the frequencies and phases of…
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May 2014 Patch Tuesday Rolls Out 8 Bulletins
This month’s Patch Tuesday features eight bulletins, the most number of bulletins released for the…
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May 2014 Patch Tuesday Rolls Out 8 Bulletins
This month’s Patch Tuesday features eight bulletins, the most number of bulletins released for the…
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Unusual fish larva linked to new species of sea bass from Curacao
Identifying larval stages of marine fishes in the open ocean is difficult because the young…
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Scientists reveal new picture in the evolution of flightless birds
Because of their far-flung geography and colorful examples including the African ostrich, Australian emu, New…
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Human learning altered by electrical stimulation of dopamine neurons
Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process,…
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Evolutionary biologists glimpse early stages of Y-chromosome degeneration
In many species, X and Y chromosomes determine whether an individual develops into a male…